By Skip Richter Contributing Editor love my soil. Really, I do! You should, too. The more you learn about soil, the more you realize just how big a role it plays in a successful garden, and the more you appreciate the importance of putting soil…
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By Vicki Blachman Freelance Writer hen thinking of centuries-old herbal traditions, it’s easy to forget there are always people with no idea where to begin. For those new to growing herbs, I’ve developed a standard response. Plant seeds or transplants in a sunny raised bed,…
By Patty Glenn Leander Master Gardener reen beans, bush beans, string beans, snap beans, Phaseolus vulgaris. No matter what you call them, they deserve a place in every Texas garden. Like corn and okra, green beans are a wonderful summertime treat, and their fresh-from-the-garden flavor…
By William Scheick Contributing Editor iding “through a Texas pear flat,” a famous short story author wrote, is “more weird and lonesome than the journey of an Amazonian explorer”: “With dismal monotony . the uncanny and multiform shapes of the cacti lift their twisted trunks,…